They are monetizing their attention spans and it is sabotaging mental health and American youth sense of self in society. Jonathan Haidt wrote in his New York Times bestseller that since 2012, when smartphones with social media apps became ubiquitous, we've seen the incidents of body image problems and self harm in young women skyrocket. We've seen antisocial behavior in young men skyrocket. Is it multifactorial? Yeah, of course it is. But social media is certainly one of the biggest culprits. (01:08–01:21)
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Asserts that body image issues and self-harm in young women have increased since 2012 due to social media.
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